The CBI has taken over the investigation into the deaths of three UPSC aspirants who drowned in a coaching center's basement in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar after the Delhi High Court ordered the central agency to take over the case due to flaws in the Delhi Police's investigation and concerns
Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday took over the Delhi coaching centre deaths case, in which three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement in Old Rajinder Nagar, officials said.
The co-owners of a coaching centre basement in Delhi's old Rajinder Nagar where three UPSC aspirants drowned have moved a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court seeking bail after the investigation in the case was transferred to the CBI by the High Court.
In the wake of the recent student deaths in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar, the Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance on the issue related to safety norms in the coaching centres.
Speaking to ANI, Akansha one of the students said that this was the tenth day of the protest and the students would be starting a new form of protest on Monday from 6 p.m. in the form of 'Nukkad Natak' (Street Acts).
Protests outside the coaching institutes continued in Delhi's Old Rajender Nagar area for the eighth day on Sunday as students are demanding compensation from the government and the coaching centre for three UPSC aspirants who died due to a flooded basement at Rau's IAS Study Circle.
According to an official release, the enforcement teams have started inspecting and taking action against coaching centres operating in basements in all four zones.
Congress leader Abhishek Dutt on Saturday said that he will file a complaint under Section 198 after the eight-year-old boy fell into a manhole that was covered with cardboard in Delhi's Defence Colony area.
The students have been protesting since July 27, when three civil services aspirants lost their lives in the basement of Rau's Rau's IAS Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) intensified action against properties for violations of building bylaws and sealed two basements that were illegally operating as coaching centres in the city.
After the Delhi High Court on Friday transferred the investigation into the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in Rajinder Nagar to CBI, some students welcomed the decision, while others demanded a Judicial Magistrate inquiry into the case.
Amid the ongoing protests over the deaths of three USPC aspirants, a student was electrocuted at a coaching centre in Delhi, which was waterlogged following fresh rains in the National Capital.